New initiative seeks to get Muslims to the golf course

By Joseph Hammond | Religion News Service

(WASHINGTON POST) (RNS) — For much of the last four years, Farrah Batti has battled life-threatening illnesses with chemotherapy and surgeries. The experience has been a taxing one, but Batti has found mental resilience through connecting with her Muslim faith.

And by discovering the joy of being out on the golf course. 

“I was in search of something to do that was different from physical therapy. Golf got me out of the house and helped both my physical and mental health,” said Batti, recalling her first golf outing. “The sun was shining bright, the weather was awesome and the grass was immaculate.”

Her first experience of the sport was at an event organized by the Muslim Golf Association, founded in the United Kingdom in 2019.

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The new effort hopes to take more Muslims from the tee box to the green. The Muslim Golf Association was founded by Amir Malik, who has big plans to bring the sport of golf to Muslims in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the world.